The bodies of the tourists were found decapitated in December in a remote area of ​​the Moroccan High Atlas. Both women had been seen in their hotel in Marrakech with three men before they went to the mountains to hike.

The state Maghreb Arab Press (MAP) previously reported that the couple had been killed with a "melee weapon".

Both the Moroccan and Danish authorities described the killings as a terrorist act Islamic State.

The conviction in Morocco took place after the Danish police launched its own prosecution in March against 14 people allegedly sharing a video depicting the assassination of Ueland and Jepersen.

The video, which is authentic according to the authorities, shows the murder of one of the two young wanderers.